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Aiden Beards
Clock · top 10.0% of 32,817 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024BEAR03
Aiden Beards has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.75, set at Stevenage March 2026, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 32,817 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in the United Kingdom. Until June 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2024, he has put 175 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.00 in July 2024 to 15.39, a 53% improvement. Aiden has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.75 | 8.13 | top 10.0% | 128 / 1,255 | |
| Skewb | 4.29 | 11.51 | top 13.0% | 303 / 2,439 | |
| 2×2 | 3.15 | 4.50 | top 16.1% | 952 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 15.39 | 20.88 | top 25.8% | 1,731 / 6,785 | |
| Square-1 | 20.09 | 24.49 | top 28.3% | 270 / 789 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.82 | 1:14.88 | top 43.9% | 967 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.16 | 18.12 | top 54.3% | 2,189 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.50 | 44.33 | top 60.0% | 1,040 / 1,861 | |
| 5×5 | 2:40.63 | — | top 70.8% | 896 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 3:01.19 | — | early days — 2 solves | 869 / 998 | |
| 6×6 | 4:40.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 460 / 560 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2026.
- 19 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage July 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.01 at Stevenage March 2025.
- 15 Sep 2024First sub-30 3×3: 27.59 at Stevenage Beginners September B 2024.
- 10 Mar 2024First competition: Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024.
Competitions
- Stevenage September 2026 · 12 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2026 · 11 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Beginners September B 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Rufus Prabhu-Desai — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Murad Asgarov — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,366 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.